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The first DVD screener of the Oscar season has been released, and it's for a film that may not have seen the light of day otherwise:
Today the first leak of the new screener season started to populate various pirate sites, Louis C.K.'s "I Love You, Daddy." It was released by the infamous "Hive-CM8" group which also made headlines in previous years.
"I Love You, Daddy" was carefully chosen, according to a message posted in the release notes. Last month distributor The Orchard chose to cancel the film from its schedule after Louis C.K. was accused of sexual misconduct. With uncertainty surrounding the film's release, "Hive-CM8" decided to get it out.
"We decided to let this one title go out this month, since it never made it to the cinema, and nobody knows if it ever will go to retail at all," Hive-CM8 write in their NFO.
"Either way their is no perfect time to release it anyway, but we think it would be a waste to let a great Louis C.K. go unwatched and nobody can even see or buy it," they add.
Nominees for the 75th Golden Globe Awards were announced on December 11. Nominees for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on January 23, 2018.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 12 2017, @06:58PM (2 children)
I see the shit for brains fucktards at Hive-CM8 still haven't figured out how to do a proper release. No inverse-telecine, avi container, ancient version of XviD. Shit release from a shit release group. At least they put their name on their garbage so everyone knows to stay the hell away from it if they want something of watchable quality. (Full disclosure: I stay away from cams and telesyncs because I prefer quality over quantity.)
Why is it always the shit release groups that get stuff first? Don't give me that bullshit about "protecting the source" either. They have audio watermarks now that can survive anything that doesn't leave the sound unlistenable. *cough*Cinavia*cough* Use a proper video codec morons! The H264 (x264) codec and MKV container has been standard now for a number of years, and the H265 (HEVC) codec is starting to see heavy use as well. If I had the original source I could transcode it to a 300MB MKV that looks BETTER than their 1.5GB AVI. Stupid fuckers need to either learn how to use modern tools and techniques or GET. THE. FUCK. OUT.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday December 12 2017, @08:18PM
I hope AV1 beats H.265 on quality and filesize. Even though hardware acceleration for it won't be on devices until mid-2019 maybe.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 13 2017, @10:52PM
hey, maybe their windows "antivirus software" doesn't like mkv.